Conference paper 2022

Career Progression of Electronic Engineering Graduates: A Study of LinkedIn Career Profiles

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Ezika, Ijeoma J.F.
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Olayemi, Moses
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Orji, Chibueze Tobias
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Technology for Education and Development: Changing the Narratives Through Building a Secure Society with Disruptive Technologies, ITED 2022
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Abstract

Graduate job positions, career progression and top employers of electronic engineering graduates of a public institution in sub-Saharan Africa are studied and analyzed in this work. The findings show that the LinkedIn public profiles of the graduates under study and job positions relating to conventional electronic and telecommunication engineering roles represent a small minority within the dataset. By examining the job transitions among this group of graduates over the course of seven years, it was determined that, software development and information technology roles representing 43.9% of all job positions were more desirable for electronic engineering graduates. © 2022 IEEE.

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Nigeria career progression electronic engineering graduates job positions LinkedIn transition theory

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Professional aspects Engineering education Software design Nigeria Engineering graduates Sub-saharan africa Public institution Career progression Electronic engineering graduate Job position LinkedIn Telecommunications engineerings Transition theories
Author Affiliations
Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Naukka, Enugu, Nigeria
Department of Electronics Engineering, University of Nigeria, Naukka, Enugu, Nigeria
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Funding & Acknowledgements
Lloyd's Register Foundation, LRF
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research work is supported through the Engineering Program for Safety and Industry (EPSI) project funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation under the Engineering Skills Where they are Most Needed Scheme
Royal Academy of Engineering, RAENG
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research work is supported through the Engineering Program for Safety and Industry (EPSI) project funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation under the Engineering Skills Where they are Most Needed Scheme
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